Announcing all details of the EU and NA CS:GO qualifiers for IEM World Championship Katowice

All information for EU & NA teams on how to qualify for IEM Katowice

Intel® Extreme Masters returns to Katowice on March 2-4 with a US$500,000 CS:GO tournament featuring the world's top teams. Eight out of 16 competing teams will be determined through regional qualifiers, where EU gets 4 slots, and NA gets 2 slots. Here's how it's going to happen.

All closed qualifiers invites have been sent out and will be announced next week. If your team didn't receive an invite, you can participate in the open qualifiers.

European Qualifier

4 slots for IEM Katowice 2018

2 open qualifiers (unlimited slots, single elimination, two finalists of each qualifier go to closed qualifier)

Intel® Extreme Masters is the longest running global pro gaming tour in the world. Started in 2006 by
ESL, the competition features Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, StarCraft II and League of Legends tournaments
across multiple continents.